Drilling out stock 80 rim lug nut holes.
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The used set of 80 rims , I believe are off an earlier 80. When I align the holes to slide the wheel on- no problem, but when I use the original lug nuts they tighten up, leaving a 1/4" gap between the bottom og the lug nut head and the surface of the rim.
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I'm not quite following this - a picture would help.
Anyway, call me crazy, but I think I'd get get the right set of lugnuts before I'd go drilling on the rims. IIRC, at some point the 80s went from cone-faced lugnuts to a flat faced nut with a washer - or vice versa.
Anyway, call me crazy, but I think I'd get get the right set of lugnuts before I'd go drilling on the rims. IIRC, at some point the 80s went from cone-faced lugnuts to a flat faced nut with a washer - or vice versa.
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A picture would help....sorry- I am posting from work. The lug nuts that I have are "flat", and the "oversized" lug hole on the 40th 80 rims allow the shaft of the lug nut, I am guessing, to protect the threads of the lug nut.
This thread should have all the info you need, with diagrams. https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/181370-lug-nuts-lx450-wheels.html
You need conical lug nuts on the earlier FJ80's. Good luck!
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Thanks Sno bored, it looks like I need the "acorn" style. Problem solved. Now, where to find 24 of these- Cruiser dan?
Van
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just to confuse the situation a bit more I am running the "flat" nuts with a steel wheel, but I am using the conical end of the flat nut as a conical nut...
Wiseacre....Read IH8MUD DAD in avitar. I am sure what you are doing works.
But I have to be convinced, so i confident with the kid-os in the rig. Contacted C-Dan. Should be G2G.Van
Thanks for everyone's input to help clear-up a muddy situation
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watch out for aftermarket, the cone angle may not be OK
I stripped 3 of my lugs last time I did some work and I went all over the place looking for 'oem' type lugs. Couldn't find anything so I had to go through Toyota to make sure I got the correct ones...it wasn't cheap.
